From Scout Media comes An Election of Words, the eighth volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world. In this installation, no limits were set on genre; however, the authors had to incorporate an election or a voting process into the plotline, from electing a school president, to electing a Mom of the Year, to intergalactic council members, the controversial presidential elections. Within these moments of debates and elections, these stories will warm your heart, send shivers down your spine, and tickle your funny bone. Whether to be enlightened, entertained, or momentarily immersed in another world, these selections convey the true spirit of short stories.

Shorty Dawkins, a Legendary young man, takes on the task of bringing true freedom to his friends, family and neighbors. Along with some curious and lovable friends he faces the odds of fighting the Enlightened Ones, the rich and powerful few who wanted complete control of everyone. Shorty and his friends had other ideas. Living free, as they did, they had some remarkable adventures. Shorty wrote songs, which he and his best friends, Mad Mountain Jack and Caleb Johnson played together. Adventure, and living free went hand in hand with each other, and they never turned down an adventure.

This is the third book in the Legend of Shorty Dawkins series. Much has happened to Shorty, our hero, and his friends, Caleb Johnson and Mad Mountain Jack. They very nearly lost their lives, but now, they are healthy and rich. They are Legends, to the people they know, and to many they don't know. The battle with the Enlightened Ones continues. Shorty, Jack and Caleb are determined to end this constant warfare once and for all. They leave their children in the care of Shorty's parents and his Uncle and Aunt, and travel across the width of Canada, in the dead of winter, to face off with foreign troops brought in by the Enlightened Ones. When the Enlightened Ones are destroyed, they will return to Freedom Valley, and not before. This is a story of determination, of bravery, of dedication, and, above all else, of love, respect, joy, compassion, and, of course, adventure.

This is the second book in the Legend of Shorty Dawkins series. More fun, adventures and danger await Shorty and his friends, as they face off against those who would seek to control them, the Enlightened Ones. Shorty and his friends just want to be left alone, to live their lives simply, while harming no one, but the Enlightened Ones will never let them be. The Enlightened Ones want total control, and they will stop at nothing in their quest for control. Shorty refuses to bow to them, however. He and his friends are not about to be slaves. It will be freedom for their clan, or it will be death.

The harvest, use, and sharing of salmon and other wild resources by Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula communities has been well documented by the Division of Subsistence over the past four decades. Remote Alaska Native communities in these regions remain economically and culturally dependent on their traditional fishing and hunting practices. This report describes the results of a project that documented salmon harvest and use patterns in six Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula communities (Chignik Bay, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Perryville, Port Heiden, and Egegik) for 2016 in order to illustrate the household and community networks that facilitate the harvesting, processing, sharing, bartering, and trading of subsistence salmon resources within the communities, across the broader region, and throughout Alaska. Systematic household surveys and semi-structured interviews were used to capture detailed representations of harvest, use, and sharing practices in each study community for the 2016 study year. This report illustrates the qualitative and quantitative data collected during this research and situates the results within a broader discussion of resource management. Employing both types of research methods provided a detailed snapshot of sharing practices for the 2016 study year and allowed for comparisons among study communities, as well as a detailed description of the cultural values that shape these practices and the broader social and historical contexts in which they are embedded. The study found that subsistence use of salmon was almost universal in the study communities in 2016 and that most households were engaged in the exchange of salmon. In all study communities combined, 96% of households used salmon, 80% of households received salmon from other households, and 56% of all households gave salmon to others. The average per capita harvest of salmon in 2016 in the study communities combined was 118 lb. Sockeye salmon was the main salmon species harvested, composing more than one-half of the salmon harvest, by numbers of fish, in each community. The sharing network analysis revealed that each study community’s networks (local and non-local) have unique structural features and that sharing plays a critical role in community cohesion and overall social wellbeing in all the study communities. Salmon harvested by these communities were shared throughout Alaska and elsewhere, but the research documented very few instances of barter or customary trade. The project demonstrated how vastly important salmon resources are not only to the residents of these communities, but also to the extensive network of people living elsewhere.

A strength and conditioning program was prepared for youth at the junior high level. The program was implemented and results were recorded based off of the program. An overview paper of the project was also written.

A manual designed for both radiologists in training and those in practice, "Introduction to Fluoroscopy" outlines the most basic fluoroscopic imaging studies and fluorosocopically guided procedures that are encountered throughout training as well as by those employed in a general radiology practice.